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Click here to subscribePair of Victorian Scottish silver toddy ladles of single struck Queen's pattern by John Murray and John Muir, Glasgow, 1852, 107g, also a cased set of six silver teaspoons by Barker Brothers Silver Ltd, Birmingham 1929 73g and a boxed set of Norwegian 830 grade silver coffee spoons in box for M A Molster of Voss 50g.
Set of six silver napkin rings with C scroll and floral bands by Mappin and Webb, London 1910, 160g in Mappin and Webb retailers fitted case. Rubbing to maker's mark. Solder seam is visible on every piece. Staining to lining of case. Some chipping to wood surrounding catch. Rubbing and scuffing to box exterior.
A collection of porcelain and enamel boxes including Limoges, second half 20th century, including two novelty Limoges boxes, one in the form of a fedora, the other a basket of forget-me-nots; a silver mounted cobalt blue porcelain oval box by Dubarry of Limoges; five other Limoges boxes and a basket; a Spode Stafford Flowers lidded dish; two enamel boxes by Crummles and Staffordshire enamels; and one other. (13) * Condition: All in good condition, with no faults.
A George III inlaid mahogany serpentine knife box, with tulipwood edge banding to the lid and boxwood and ebony edge stringing, silver escutcheon and handle, the original fitted interior with inlaid star beneath the lid and feather and line stringing throughout, no key, 8 x 8in. (20.25 x 20.25cm.), 12¾in. (32.4cm.) high. * Condition: Overall in good, very original condition with a lovely colour. Original interior and hessian to underside. A few slight shrinkage cracks to veneers to back edge of sides and to back edge of lid. A few very small, old chips to cockbeading around edge of lid. Overall a very good example.
A pair of French wheel engraved and silver mounted square glass flasks, together with matching rectangular box, having Minerva silver mark and maker's mark of E L with a glove between in a diamond, each wheel engraved with mistletoe style floral decoration within shaped border, star cut base, flasks measuring 6 ¼in. (15.9cm.) high. (3) * Condition: Very good condition, nothing to note.
A group of silver smalls, including a silver charm bracelet; a Birks (Canadian) oval engine turned jewellery box , 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) long; an engine turned cigarette case; a cased salt and spoon, Birm. 1923; a modern silver dish, London 1972; a George III mustard ladle etc., weight 18.9 tr.oz. (12)
Hornby (China) R2965 (Limited Edition) 4-6-2 LNER 3-tone grey A4 Class Loco No.2509 "Silver Link" with certificate No.914 of 1100 produced to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Silver Jubilee London to Newcastle service, condition Excellent Plus to Near Mint in Excellent to Excellent Plus box complete with alternative set of pony truck wheels and box is complete with pictured outer sleeve.
Hornby (China) R2445 Limited Edition "Silver Jubilee" Train pack consisting of a 4-6-2 Loco and Tender LNER 3-tone grey A4 Class "Quicksilver" No.2510, 3 x Silver Jubilee matching livery Passenger Coaches with coachboards to sides (2 x 3rd Class and 1 x Brake 1st) together with certificate No.894 of 2000 produced. Contents Excellent Plus in Excellent box.
Hornby (China) R2371M Limited Edition "Coronation Scot" Train pack with a 4-6-2 Loco and Tender LMS blue Streamlined Princess Coronation Class "Princess Alexandra" No.6224, 3 x blue and silver matching livery Passenger Coaches (2 x 1st Class and 1 x Brake 1st), together with certificate No.1426 of 1500 produced. The train pack also includes alternative bogie for tighter radius curves. Contents Near Mint, the box has some tears otherwise Excellent.
Model Power HO Loco, Rolling Stock and Accessories comprising 6500 0-4-0 Santa Fe black and silver livery Yard Shunting Loco No.23, 3 x 8840 Canadian National silver and blue livery Budd Passenger Cars, 3 x 8850 Canadian Pacific silver and maroon livery Budd Passenger Cars, Freight Cars comprise 2 x 8304 Pennsylvania Railroad Bogie Flat Wagon with 2 x containers, 8223 Canadian National Bogie Well Wagon with cable drums and Maintenance Men onboard, 2 x 40' sliding door Box Cars (7970 B&O Sentinel and 9776 Operation Lifesaver), 8248 CP Rail yellow livery Caboose, 3996 pack of 3 Canadian National Metal Ore Cars with separate loads for alternative fitment, conditions are Good Plus to Excellent Plus in Good Plus to Excellent boxes also in lot bridge and trestle set No.99 plastic construction kit, unchecked for completeness but looks in Excellent condition in Excellent box. (15)
Silver Crest Models Gauge 3 (running on 2«" gauge track) 4-6-2 Loco and Tender BR lined green Britannia Class, gas fired. This is a Silver Crest Models Limited Edition No.44 of 50 produced "BRITANNIA" Loco and Tender. The loco has been renamed to "William Shakespeare" with nameplates glued to the smoke deflectors side together with an arrow, running number 70000 has been altered to 70004 to represent William Shakespeare. The locomotive has a number of other faults including detached smoke box door, some old glue residue to smoke deflectors from nameplates above front buffer beam and crew was originally glued to the inside of the cab. Model carries boiler number KS044 and gas tank number KSG044, the loco does not appear to have been run however it will require some work and engineering to get it back to running condition. A Silver Crest Models Boiler Hydraulic Test Certificate for KS044 is dated September 2012, boiler type is gas fired multi-flue, material is copper all silver soldered boiler with certificate dated 7/11/12 and a 12-month Warranty Certificate dated 15/3/2013. A good project for the large scale modeller/builder. Condition generally Good with Certificate of Authenticity.
Atlas / Rivarossi and other Commercial manufacturers O Gauge a group of American Outline Diesel Locomotives and Rolling Stock consisting of a pair of 0-6-0 Tank Locos in black, one numbered 60, 0-6-0 Union Pacific yellow Switcher No.24, Burlington Northern green and silver A-Units Powered No.853 x 3, South Pacific Box Cars, Armour Stock Express Cars, Gondola, Caboose and other rolling stock together with a small quantity of kits by Williams Intermountain Railway Company and others, together with a quantity of Bogie Units, KD couplings and other useful parts. Condition varies throughout from Fair to Good Plus all contained in two plastic trays. (Qty)
OO Gauge Diesel Locos comprising Vitrains Co-Co DRS blue Class 37 No.37229 "Jonty Jarvis", loco requires attention with Non Power Bogie loose and requires attention, also cab detail removed but is in box, Hornby (China) R2751 Co-Co Loadhaul black and orange livery Class 56 No.56003, loco is heavily weathered, but is in original box, Bachmann Co-Co BR blue Class 55 Deltic Diesel No.55013 "The Black Watch", glazing missing from one side of cab, but box does include etched nameplates for optional fitment, Lima Co-Co Yeoman blue and silver livery Class 59 No.59005 "Kenneth J Painter", both couplings detached, along with 2 x buffers, Co-Co BR blue Class 50 Diesel No.50020 "Revenge", one coupling hook missing, Bo-Bo EWS maroon Class 67 Diesel No.67002 "Special Delivery", loco has been poorly weathered, both coupling hooks missing, conditions range from Fair to Good in either original boxes or polystyrene trays. (6)
A large Victorian silver-mounted heart-shaped sewing box, with hinged pin cushion lid, relief embossed bird decorated silver surround, by William Comyns, hallmarks London 1891, length 21cmMaterial around the base is rubbed, silver mount is in good condition and hallmarks clear, interior slightly worn
Sophia Duleep Singh, an album of handwritten letters, photographs and ephemera, primarily relating to Indian troops, with correspondence to and from Faraday House, Hampton Court; Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh - a brown pig skin document box, with sunken brass handle and applied silver coronet above, the interior rim stamped for 'Needs & Co, Late J Bramah, 100 New Bond St W, 43cm wide, 17cm high, 29cm deep, a leather cylindrical document case and a pair of Hunsicker & Alexis binoculars in leather case, each bearing initials W.D.S,the top of a string box with label 'Found by Dr. Sir John Login on the field of Sobraan.....and a volume the Memoirs of Prince Blucher, first edition 1932Follow the link below for further images of the pages ad letters and photographs contained.https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FuwyP-rPR4mEQjyyfPCx0B2o43FgY8Gf?usp=sharing
A Large Smith & Beck No.1 Circuit Stage Binocular Microscope A Large Smith & Beck No.1 Circuit Stage Binocular Microscope, English, dated 18 September 1884*, signed to the foot ‘R & J Beck LONDON’ and ‘N°12010’, the microscope stands on a flat tripod foot with rotating centre engraved in degrees, with two supporting pillars architectural in style, both terminating in trunnions supporting the microscope body, with large plano-concave mirror on swing-arm and sliding collar, sub-stage condenser holder with screw X & Y adjustment, goniometer control with degrees engraved, and rack-and-pinion focusing, a large goniometer circuit stage** allowing for full rotation of the specimen, supported on German silver mount with vernier scale to front, stage with X & Y control, swept limb with single accessory holder, course focus to the top, fine focus mechanism acting on the rack, Wenham prism in pull out/in drawer, with one case of accessories which contains: objectives all signed ‘R & J Beck’, 1 1/2in, 2/3in/ 4/10in, 1/5in, 1/8in. A pair of low, medium & high power binocular eyepieces. An achromatic condenser with a wheel of stops. A stage bulls-eye. A stage side reflector. A side reflector in a can. An erector lens. A large& small live box. Two glass stages. A compressor. Two Lieberkühns. Stage forceps. A Wenham-type parabolic condenser. An eyepiece lucida. Micrometer Glass. Double nosepiece. Specimen Holder. Dark Well & Holders. and other items the microscope also has a substage set of selenite filters There is no case only the microscope and the accessory set. Note: *From the Beck records. ** The circuit stage was an expensive optional extra for the No.1 microscope. It meant that the stage was further away from the limb of the microscope so it could be fully rotated, the limb is bigger as the body tube is also further out. This is a very rare feature.
Queen: 'The Complete Works' Box Set With Autographed Album Sleeve, 1985, EMI QB1, the box set with 14 LPs, the sleeve for 'Complete Vision' (album XIV) signed in silver pen by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor, the inside of lid numbered 003899, in black box with gold lettering QUEEN THE COMPLETE WORKS, box set 13in x 13in x 3in (33cm x 33cm x 7.5cm) overall Footnotes: This box set is one of the 600 examples autographed by the band. It was released at a high point in their career, just months after their famous 20 minute set at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A George VI silver teapot with a domed cover and tapering body on a spreading foot, Birmingham, 1938 together with cased silver coffee spoons and sugar nips, silver napkin rings, a silver topped and enamel scent bottle, white metal box and cover etc, hallmarked silver approximately 525 grams
A GERMAN SILVER TRINKET BOX, KARL KURTZ, KESSELSTADT, A German silver trinket box, Karl Kurtz, Kesselstadt, circa 1900, oval, with high chased flowers, the lid additionally with a pair of opposing birds, with waved everted rims, import marked for Samuel Boyce Landeck of London, Sheffield, 1901, 17cm long, 324g
AN AMERICAN SILVER SOAP BOX AND A SHAVE STICK HOLDER, TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY hammer finished, each engraved with initials JMc in an oblong cartouche, rounded oblong box, cylindrical holder with scroll pierced cover, gilt interiors, Tiffany Sterling stamps, box 9.5cm long, holder 7.5cm high, 223gProvenance: John Francis McCormack (1884-1945, Papal Count McCormack) by repute, bought by the vendor’s mother at an auction in Dublin including effects from McCormack’s estate in the 50s or 60s. The superstar Irish lyric tenor at various times had an apartment on Park Avenue, a farm in Connecticut, and a home in the Hollywood Hills.
~ A DUTCH SILVER PEPPER MILL, GERRIT DE PLEIJT, SCHOONHOVEN, CIRCA 1900 square outline, the sides with low relief Dutch genre scenes, on ball feet, the curved winding handle with ivory knop, iron grinder, date letter not found, 833 standard, 9cm high; together with the following silver trinkets: a German pill box in the form of a miniature Rococo commode on cabriole legs, Karl Kurtz, Kesselstadt, import marked for Theodor Hartmann, London, 1905, 4.5cm high; a German 18th century style miniature chair, probably Hanau, import marked for Samuel Boyce Landeck, Sheffield, 1900, 4cm high; a German miniature pedestal rosebowl, Karl Kurtz, Kesselstadt, import marked for S. Blanckensee & Sons, London, 1901, 5.5cm across end handles; and a Dutch spice box, typical oblong form, with filigree set lid and bright-cut sides, 833 standard, maker's mark AD/8?, 19th century (5)˜
A SILVER FLASK, ALFRED DUNHILL LTD., BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1985 elongated oblong, with engine-turned panels and vacant rectangular cartouche, the top section sliding off to reveal a screw cap, 17cm long, in a 'dunhill' stamped box; together with another silver flask, Deakin & Francis Ltd., Birmingham, 1948, oblong, engine-turned, vacant rectangular cartouche, hinged cap with bayonet fitting, 13.5cm long; 385g including cork lining to caps (2)
A GROUP OF DRESSING TABLE SILVER, COMPRISING: a Britannia standard cut-cornered square tray, concentric engine-turned, low sides with angled corners, composite underside, British Metallising Co. Ltd., London, 1929, 23.5cm wide; a a pair of rectangular glass scent bottles and a rectangular glass box, the silver covers with lavender guilloché enamel, the bottles with square screw-on covers concealing ground glass stoppers, Collett & Anderson of Birmingham, London, 1932, bottles 10cm high; and a rectangular cut-glass box with an engine-turned silver cover, Padgett & Braham Ltd., London, 1939, 11.5cm long (5)
A GROUP OF ENGLISH SILVER, COMPRISING: a rectangular cigarette box, plain, lightly domed lid, cedar lined, Sanders & Mackenzie, Birmingham, 1965, 15cm long; another cigarette box, rectangular, lightly domed lid with engine-turning and a vacant cartouche, cedar lined, C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1963, 11cm long; a matchbox holder, engine-turned, Deakin & Francis Ltd., Birmingham, 1988, 11cm long; and a matchbook holder, engine-turned, Constantine & Floyd Ltd., London, 1929; together with an electric blue glass vesta striker, with electroplate mount (5)
A VICTORIAN SILVER AND GLASS BOX, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, BIRMINGHAM, 1897 oblong, plain glass box base with silver rim mount and lightly domed lid initialled B (base mount lacking), 19.5cm long; together with a cased silver-mounted manicure set, stamped scroll foliate and pierced decoration, comprising a pair of scissors, a file, a cuticle knife, a buffer and a glass pot with silver cover, Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1901 (2)
A GEORGE I SILVER TOBACCO BOX AND COVER, EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1725 oval, engraved with a Baroque cartouche surrounding a vacant oval, 9.8cm long; together with a George I silver snuff box, oval, lid showing traces of engraved interlaced initials, freestanding hinge, gilt interior, unmarked, circa 1730, 8.7cm long; 199g (2)
~ A SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740 cartouche shaped, the lid with reeded silver rim mount, mother-of-pearl inlaid and silver overlaid with a huntsman and two dogs and a maiden perched on a beast amidst trees and foliage surrounded by a Rococo border of scrolls, rocaille and fruit-laden vines inhabited by birds and a sphinx, 7.8cm long
~ A WHITE ONYX CIGARETTE BOX, HENRY GRIFFITH & SONS OF ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA, LONDON, 1947 rectangular, with silver-gilt hinge mount and malachite mounted thumbpiece, 15cm long; together with a tortoiseshell box, Collet & Anderson of Birmingham, London, 1929, oblong and with lightly domed lid, plain silver hinge mounts and pushpiece to interior catch, 26cm long (2)
A GEORGE III SILVER PAIR-CASED POCKET WATCH, THOMAS PEGDEN, SANDWICH, CIRCA 1814 verge fusee movement, cylindrical pillars, full plate with pierced and engraved balance cock, engraved with a hand pointing to the silver regulator disk and signature 'Tho. Pegden / SANDWICH', numbered 22073, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, silver cases plain except worn initials to inner case, hallmarked for casemaker Sarah Clerke, London, 1814, 5.5cm diameter, with associated key, in a fitted 19th century mahogany box with key; together with another George III silver pocket watch, circa 1805, verge fusee movement, cylindrical pillars, full plate with engraved and pierced balance cock, a section of bright-cut surrounding the silver regulator dial, signed 'Thos Cragg / Horsham' and numbered 1802, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and winding aperture, the silver hunting case with worn hallmarks probably for William Linsley, London, circa 1805, 5.5cm diameter, with associated key (6)
‡ THREE PILL BOXES comprising: a circular box, with slightly domed silver cover, the horn sides and base with silver rim mounts, Adele Schaverien & Margaret Bunford for Cornucopia, London, 1980, 5cm diameter; a compressed circular Victorian silver box, Walter Russell, London, 1898; and an oval agate and electroplate box, banded agate top and base, probably German, 20th century (3)Provenance: The Bearn Collection, New York (see lot 279 for further details)
‡ A CONTINENTAL SILVER-MOUNTED HORN SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY WESTERN ALPS, 19TH CENTURY ribbed tapering oval body with thumb-hold to one side, with reeded rim mounts and shaped thumbpiece, the lid applied with a relief of an Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex), the recumbent billy set with a red paste eye, unmarked, 6.5cm longProvenance: The Bearn Collection, New York (see lot 279 for further details)
Dolls accessories to include Parasols, leather gloves and bonnet, the two silk parasols with wooden handles, (cream parasol is fraying), both approx. 13” (33cm) long, tan kid leather gloves with good detailed stitching for large fashion doll or Bebe, 4 ¾” (12cm) long, and straw bonnet with blue ribbon and flowers, in a card hat box, together with dolls hair-slide, blue enamel pen knife, embossed silver metal dolls hairbrush, and Ambrotype picture of gentleman with printed advertisement to back for J.Timms Portraits, ‘patronised by his royal highness Prince Albert’, five various dolls miniature bags including a tiny mesh silver dolls purse, 2 ½” (6cm) long, EPNS dolls purse, blue fabric purse with gilt clasp, fabric bag in reds and browns and a small French Bebe silver bag, (lot).
A Fine Saxon .550 (28-Bore) Percussion Sporting Rifle By C.J. Helfricht A Zella, Mid-19th Century With swamped finely twist octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and rifled with eight spiral grooves, the top flat forward of the breech signed in gold capitals within silver-inlaid line borders between silver-inlaid foliate scrollwork inhabited by an engraved gold-inlaid bird on either side, gold and silver lines at the breech and with gold-inlaid chamois in an engraved mountainous landscape between the silver-inlaid bolsters, broad tang-plate engraved with foliate scrolls involving two monster-heads and framing a gold-inlaid stag and hind in a landscape, border engraved flat lock decorated en suite and inhabited by gold-inlaid cavalrymen on silver-inlaid horses in differing landscapes, dolphin hammer with gold-inlaid eyes and the figure of a knight, the latter amid scrolling foliage, the plate opposite the lock decorated with two cavalrymen in a similar fashion to the lock, figured half-stock carved with scrolling foliage in bas-relief against a stippled ground en suite with the tang plate at the grip and ramrod-entry, the latter carved as a monster-head with dark horn and mother-of-pearl eyes, butt carved in relief behind the cheek-piece with a stag hunting scene in a landscape, and sliding chequered patch-box cover with staghorn release button within a triangular border of carved scrolling foliage terminating in monster's heads and inhabited by two birds, surmounted by a stylised cross and all against a stippled ground, steel butt-plate with gold-inlaid prone stag in a glade on the heel of the foliate scroll engraved tang, scrolled white-metal trigger-guard engraved en suite and inset on the bow with a steel plaque chiselled with a sportsman in a landscape against a gilt ground, trigger-plate with foliate finial inlaid in gold with an owl, adjustable set triggers, white-metal barrel-bolt escutcheons, dark horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, and original white-metal mounted ramrod 73.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German .577 (25-Bore) Flintlock Sporting Rifle By V.D. Fecht. Jun: A. Berlin., Circa 1815 With browned swamped octagonal leaf-sighted barrel inlaid with gold lines and engraved gold florets at the muzzle and breech, and rifled with eight spiral grooves, the top flat at the breech signed in gold capitals within a gold line border and with gold-lined maker's oval of a stag, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved matted tang, border engraved flat detented lock in the English taste signed on a gold-inlaid oval and decorated with foliage on the stepped tail (minor pitting), foliate engraved cock and safety-catch, gold-lined rainproof pan and roller, highly figured full stock inlaid with decorative silver wire borders, butt with cheek-piece and chequered grip, the former inlaid with silver wire foliage and engraved silver flower-heads behind, the latter with shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon, sliding patch-box cover with rayed silver button-catch and silver wire inlay inhabited by a running boar, foliate engraved silver side-nail plates, border engraved silver heel-plate cast and chased with a prone stag, ebonised spur trigger-guard with rear acorn finial and reinforced by a border engraved silver strap with finial cast and chased as a branch of fruiting oak, white-metal ramrod-pipes, the rear one with acorn terminal, adjustable set triggers (some old pitting), sling loops, dark horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod 70.2 cm. barrel Footnotes: Johann Friedrich von der Fecht was the son of Johann Diederich. He is recorded at 18 Jerusalemer Strasse, Berlin between 1738 and the year of his death in 1821 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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